Lubricating means for journal boxes



Sept. 22, 1925. ,554,947

B. H. BLOSE LUBRICATING MEANS FOR JOURNAL BOXES Filed May 2. 1925 attozweg Patented Sept. 22,l 1925,'. .j

UNITEDSTATES- Baarn. BLosE, or Jonusonnune, PENNSYLVANIA.

LUBRICATING MEANS vApplication ined May 2,

tain improvements luponthe lu ricating #1,510,37 7

means shown in my I atent 'granted September 30, 1924.

provide means whereby 'the' oil-cellar may be resilien'tly urged upwardagainst the axle so as to holdthe packing against the'axle at all timesand take up wear on the packing.

A further object is to provide means whereby the cellar may be urgedrearward against the shoulder of the' axlev or against therear wall 'ofthejournal box and resil-v iently held in this position.` l

A still further object is to provide a base for the oil cellar separatetherefrom and this base carrying means whereby the oil cellar` isresiliently supported and urged toward the axle and whereby it isresiliently urged 30, rearward toward the rear wall of the journal box.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description.

My invention is illustrated'in the accom- *5, panying drawings,whereinz- Figure l is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through acar journal box showing my improved lubricating device applied theretojFigure 2 is a vertical cross sectional View therethrough;

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the cellar;

Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the cellar support;

l'tet'erring to these drawings, l() designates a journal box ofapproximately ordinary consti-artcu and having the lower wall 11,

^ the rear wall 12, and at its front the l0wer wall is upwardly curvedand then extends straight upward, as at 13, and is formed with aninwardly projecting shoulder'14. The upper edge of this wall 12 isdisposed-A nearly vertically below the. forward end of the upper wall ofthe journal box and a One of the objects of. the inventlon'lis to nonJOURNAL'. nexus.

1925. 'semi No. 27,489.

. relatively long. lid 15 isf'provided which is disposed nearly ,in avertical plane and which extends downward -to fand rests against theupper edge of the upper-'wall 13. "This takes/thevplace Aof therelatively short and somewhat more inclined lid which is ordinarilyfound on journal boxes. The purpose of this relativelylarge lid 15 is toax-mit the ready insertion of the cellar.` Inserted into the journalbox` is the axle A' provided at its rear-end with the shoulder 0.-.Designed to be'4 supported within the' journal boxbeneath the axle A isthe cellar 16.v -This cellar is open at its rear end and has theupwardly extending forward wall 17 formed with an inwardly extending,shoulder 18 atjits upper edge,V The cellar is rounded transversely orapproximately semi-circular in cross section as illustrated in Figure2', andthe cellar is urged `upward byv means of 75. coiled compressionsprings A.19. which are mountedupon a plate 20 to fit the bottom wall 11of tliesjournal box. 'I his plate may be`made of thin metal and istransversely curved and longitudinally curved'upward at its forward end,and the springs 19 are mounted upon this plate' 20. These springssupporta plate 21` which is transversely and longitudinally curved totit the bottom of the cellar and upon which the bottom of the 95 cellarrests. Preferably there are 'two longitudinally extending series of thesprings 19 so that this plate will be supported properly and the cellarwill be supported from any tipping movement. The cellar carries thepacking 22 which extends 4upward par. tiallv -around the axle'and to aheight equal to the height of the cellar, and disposed above the axle'and bearin 'down thereon is the brass 23 usually foun 'in journal bear-1 s. Y

nlior the purpose of holding the cellar re- .siliently urged against'therear vwall 12 of the journal boxand the packing against the shoulder a,I mount upon the'forward end of the plate 20 the spring24, Which-springis preferably in theformzof a leaf spring, though not necessarily so,andbears against the forward walll of the cellar, as illust-rated e inFigure 1,l resistin any forward mov'e- 105 ment ofthe cellar anresili'ently urging the cellar rearward. The plate 2O whichconstitiites'the base upon which the cellar is supported extends forwardbeyond this sprlng 24. as at 25, and bears against the shoulder 14 sothat when this plate vis in place it cannot work forward and thus thcellar itself cannot Work. forward.-

` It will'lie obvious that the cellar. canbe readily withdrawn throughthe opening normally closed by the lid v15' andthat the base 20 may alsobe Withdrawn through'. this opening by lift-ing the forward end of thebase20 upward and inward and'then withdrawing it` thus'making the twoparts readi 1y removable from the journal box so as -to permit anyrepairs or replacements to be made. -4

IVhile I have illustrated certain details of construction andarrangement -of parts, I do not `wish to be limited thereto as it isobvious that these might be varied in l'iiany ways without departingfrom the spirit or the invention as defined in the 'appendedclaims.

I claim: l Y V1. The combination with a journal box having a VfLnwardWall provided with.a

' shoulder and an axle projectinginto the journal box, of means forlubricating the --axleA comprising a lubricant cellar having a forward-Wall fb'ut openat its -rear endand 'adaptedto .rfceive the axle, aplate resting upon the'bottom of the journal box and exvextendingupwardandrear\vard, and beartending forward and engaging said shoulderto thereby hold the platefrom, forward movement, coiled compressionsprings mountedupbn the plate and upon whichthe cellaris adapted tooperatively est', and a Vspring carried uponthe forward end ,of theplate and bearing againstY therward end of the cellar and urging thecellar rearward.

.against the bottoni of the cellar, and a spring attached to the`forward end of the plate ing' against'the forward end wall of the lcellar and urging said cellar rearward.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aliix my signature.

BERT H. BLosE.

